Forget, "One can short of a six-pack", or the "CPU is not connected to the
bus", or "half-a bubble off from plumb".
The latest missive:
"Tungsten particles
Nevada fallout"
is "one line short of a haiku"
:-)
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On Mon, 16 May 2011 08:17:33 -0400, Steven Dapra <sjd at swcp.com> wrote:
> May 16
>> What's this? Free association, blank verse, "real scientist,"
> poetry?
>> Steven Dapra
>>> At 04:47 AM 5/16/2011, you wrote:
>> Tungsten particles, nevada fallout
>> Chris
>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: radsafe-bounces at agni.phys.iit.edu on behalf of Fred Dawson
>> GoogleMail
>> Sent: Mon 16/05/2011 08:21
>> To: 'Jerry Cohen'; 'The International Radiation Protection (Health
>> Physics) Mailing List'
>> Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] [ RadSafe Life's lottery
>>>> Because people feel a need to attribute blame or fault as they cannot
>> accept
>> that chance plays a significant part in their misfortune. To a certain
>> extent this perception is reinforced by lawyers engaged in claims
>> farming
>> and scepticism of main stream science views on issues such as radiation
>> and
>> the risk of cancer
>>>> Fred Dawson
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu>> [mailto:radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu] On Behalf Of Jerry Cohen
>> Sent: 16 May 2011 03:04
>> To: The International Radiation Protection (Health Physics) Mailing List
>> Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] [ RadSafe Life's lottery
>>>>>>>> Why is it that it is so difficult for most people to accept that many
>> their
>> misfortunes are
>>>> the result of random events and, that they are simply losers in "life's
>> lottery"? If there was a nuclear power plant located near Fallon, they
>> would
>>>> likely "know" the cause of the leukemia.
>>>> ________________________________
>> From: Steven Dapra <sjd at swcp.com>
>> To: The International Radiation Protection (Health Physics) Mailing List
>> <radsafe at agni.phys.iit.edu>
>> Sent: Sun, May 15, 2011 6:31:08 PM
>> Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] How can you explain cancer clusters?
>>>> May 15
>>>> The leukemia cluster a few years ago in and around Fallon, NV,
>> was
>> investigated to a fare-thee-well with no conclusive results.
>>>> Steven Dapra
>>>>>> At 03:17 PM 5/15/2011, you wrote:
>> > I have a reprint somewhere from the Journal of Pediatrics; a 1968
>> study of
>>>> >clusters of childhood leukemia in Los Angeles. They found 7 clusters,
>> randomly
>> >distributed. Researchers concluded that cluster studies were NOT worth
>> >persuing.
>> >
>> >
>> > Joel Cehn, CHP
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